NEW YORK CITY—When do unforseen ramifications outweigh any potential benefit? This is the question Ethan Penner tries to upack in his most recent column, "The Folly of Unintended Consequences."
Initially focusing on the current situation with corporate tax repatriation, Penner examines the economic benefit being squandered and tries to figure out how this policy is still in effect given the large amount of dollars overseas. But this leads him to a larger and potentially more troublesome arena: student Loans. Penner explores the facts and societal changes that have led to increasing students' debt burden, and speculates on whether this has a certain "sub-prime" odor.
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Geoffery Metz
Geoffery Metz is the content manager for ALM's GlobeSt.com, Credit Union Times and Treasury & Risk. Before joining ALM, he spent several years overseeing the newsroom at the financial wire service Business Wire, with special focus on multimedia presentation for the web.
